transface
English edit
Etymology edit
From trans + face (attested online since at least 2009), based on earlier blackface; compare yellowface, redface, etc.
Noun edit
transface (uncountable)
- The practice of a cisgender person (especially one of the opposite gender) portraying a transgender person in media.
- 2018, The New York Times Editorial Staff, Sex and Sexuality, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, →ISBN, page 79:
- […] the days of transface are numbered.
- 2019, Jamison Green, Rhea Ashley Hoskin, Cris Mayo, sj Miller, Navigating Trans and Complex Gender Identities, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 99:
- A particularly troubling outcome of transface is the reinforcement of biodeterministic views of gender.
- 2021, Abbie E. Goldberg, Genny Beemyn, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, SAGE Publications, →ISBN:
- Transface also has negative consequences for trans actors because it limits their employment opportunities.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:transface.